FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 424(b)(3)
                                        REGISTRATION NO. 33-85376


  PROSPECTUS


                         CINTAS CORPORATION

                   218,159 shares of Common Stock

       This Prospectus relates to 218,159 shares of Common
  Stock, without par value of Cintas Corporation, a Washington
  corporation ("Cintas" or the "Company"). The shares are being
  offered for sale by Rental Uniform Service of Statesville,
  Inc., J. Neal Blackwelder Ruth M. Blackwelder (collectively
  the "Selling Securityholders") who acquired the shares in
  connection with an acquisition by Cintas of Sunshine Uniform
  Service, Inc., a corporation owned by the Selling
  Securityholders.


       The Common Stock may be offered to the public from time
  to time by the Selling Securityholders. See "The Selling
  Securityholders". The Company will receive none of the
  proceeds from the sale of the Common Stock by the Selling
  Securityholders but will pay certain of the expenses of this
  offering. The Selling Securityholders will bear certain costs
  of this offering, including the commissions and discounts of
  any underwriters, dealers and agents and the legal expenses of
  the Selling Securityholders. The Common Stock may be sold
  directly or through underwriters, dealers or agents in market
  transactions or privately-negotiated transactions. See "Plan
  of Distribution". Cintas' Common Stock is traded in The Nasdaq
  Stock Market/National Market System under the symbol "CTAS".


  THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION NOR HAS THE COMMISSION
  PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS.
  ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.


         The date of this Prospectus is November 18, 1994.

  

                       AVAILABLE INFORMATION

       The Company is subject to the informational requirements
  of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
  "Exchange Act"), and in accordance therewith files reports,
  proxy statements and other information with the Securities and
  Exchange Commission (the "Commission") under file No. 0-11399.
  Reports, proxy statements and other information filed by the
  Company can be inspected and copied at the public reference
  facilities maintained by the Commission at Room 1024,
  Judiciary Plaza, 450 Fifth Street N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549
  and at the Regional Offices of the Commission at 75 Park
  Place, 14th Floor, New York, New York 10007; and at
  Northwestern Atrium Center, 500 West Madison Street, Suite
  1400, Chicago, Illinois 60661.  Copies of such material can be
  obtained at prescribed rates from the Public Reference Section
  of the Commission, 450 Fifth Street N.W., Washington, D.C.
  20549.

       This Prospectus constitutes a part of a Registration
  Statement on Form S-3 (Number 33-85376) filed by the Company
  with the Commission under the Securities Act of 1933. This
  Prospectus omits certain of the information contained in the
  Registration Statement, and reference is hereby made to the
  Registration Statement and to the exhibits relating thereto
  for further information with respect to the Company and the
  shares offered hereby. Any statements contained herein
  concerning the provisions of any documents are not necessarily
  complete, and, in each instance, reference is made to such
  copy filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement or
  otherwise filed with the Commission. Each such statement is
  qualified in its entirety by such reference.

                         FINANCIAL REPORTS

       The Company furnishes its shareholders with annual
  reports containing audited financial statements and with
  quarterly reports for the first three quarters of each year
  containing unaudited interim financial information.

               INFORMATION INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

       The following documents filed by the Company with the
  Commission are incorporated into this Prospectus by reference:

       (1)  Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
            May 31, 1994 including Annual Report to Shareholders
            for the fiscal year ended May 31, 1994.

       (2)  Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
            August 31, 1994.

       (3)  Registration Statement on Form 8-A, SEC File No. 0-
            11399, registering the Company's Common Stock under
            Section 12 of the Exchange Act, which describes the
            class of securities being registered hereunder.



  

       All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant
  to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act,
  after the date of this Prospectus and prior to the termination
  of the offering of the shares offered hereby, shall be deemed
  to be incorporated by reference into this Prospectus and to be
  part hereof.

       Statements contained in the documents incorporated by
  reference shall be deemed to be modified and superseded to the
  extent that statements contained herein modify or supersede
  such statements.


       THIS PROSPECTUS INCORPORATES DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE WHICH
  ARE NOT PRESENTED HEREIN OR DELIVERED HEREWITH. THESE
  DOCUMENTS (NOT INCLUDING EXHIBITS TO THE INFORMATION THAT IS
  INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE UNLESS SUCH EXHIBITS ARE
  SPECIFICALLY INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE INTO THE INFORMATION
  THAT THE PROSPECTUS INCORPORATES) ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST,
  WITHOUT CHARGE, FROM DAVID T. JEANMOUGIN, SENIOR VICE
  PRESIDENT OF THE COMPANY, 6800 CINTAS BOULEVARD, CINCINNATI,
  OHIO 45262, PHONE (513) 459-1200.

                            THE COMPANY

       Cintas is a leader in the uniform rental and sales
  business and has particular expertise in designing, planning
  and implementing corporate identity uniform programs.  The
  Company concentrates on uniform rental services and custom
  uniform sales.  Revenues received from uniform rental services
  and non-uniform rental items, including dust mops, entrance
  mats and wiping cloths, accounted for approximately 89% of
  Cintas' revenues for fiscal 1994.  The balance of the
  Company's revenues are derived from custom uniform sales. The
  Company provides rental products and services through a
  network of 100 uniform rental locations and sells uniforms to
  national customers through distribution centers located in
  Cincinnati and Reno, Nevada.  At its four manufacturing
  facilities the Company manufactures a substantial portion of
  the uniform trousers and uniform shirts supplied to its
  customers.

       During the past five years, Cintas has made several
  acquisitions of rental operations which significantly affected
  the Company's revenues and net income.  These acquisitions
  were completed using cash, seller-financing, Cintas Common
  Stock or a combination of these methods. The Company recently
  acquired Sunshine Uniform Service, Inc., an Arkansas
  corporation ("Sunshine Uniform") on October 3, 1994.  Sunshine
  Uniform operates facilities and services the Memphis,
  Tennessee and Little Rock, Arkansas markets.  See "The Selling
  Securityholders".  The Company intends to continue to expand,
  through both internal growth, including the establishment of
  operations in new geographic areas, and by continuing its
  acquisition program.



  

       Cintas was incorporated under the laws of the State of
  Washington in 1986 and is the successor to a business begun in
  1929. Its executive offices are located at 6800 Cintas
  Boulevard, Cincinnati, Ohio 45262; telephone number (513) 459-
  1200.

                    THE SELLING SECURITYHOLDERS

       The shares being sold in this offering are being sold by
  the Selling Securityholders.  These shareholders own, in the
  aggregate,  218,159 shares of Cintas Common Stock, all of
  which are being offered for sale hereby.  The Selling
  Securityholders own no other shares of Cintas Common Stock and
  if all shares offered hereby are sold, they will own no Cintas
  Common Stock upon the completion of this offering.

       On October 3, 1994, Sunshine Uniform was acquired by
  Cintas through the merger of Sunshine Uniform with a Cintas
  subsidiary. In the merger the Selling Securityholders received
  the 218,159 shares of Cintas Common Stock described in this
  offering in exchange for their shares of Sunshine Uniform
  Common Stock.

                          USE OF PROCEEDS

       The Company will not receive any proceeds from the shares
  being sold in this offering.

                        PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

       The Common Stock may be sold from time to time directly
  by the Selling Securityholders. Alternatively, the Selling
  Securityholders may from time to time offer the Common Stock
  through underwriters, dealers or agents. The distribution of
  the Common Stock by the Selling Securityholders may be
  effected from time to time in one or more transactions that
  may take place on the over-the-counter market including
  ordinary broker's transactions, privately-negotiated
  transactions or through sales to one or more broker/dealers
  for resale of such securities as principals, at market prices
  prevailing at the time of sale, at prices related to such
  prevailing market prices or at negotiated prices. Usual and
  customary or specifically negotiated brokerage fees or
  commissions may be paid by these holders in connection with
  such sales.

       The Company will pay certain expenses incident to the
  offering and sale of the Common Stock to the public. The
  Company will not pay for, among other expenses, commissions
  and discounts of underwriters, dealers or agents or the fees
  and expenses of counsel for the Selling Securityholders.

                           LEGAL MATTERS

       The legality of the Common Stock offered hereby will be
  passed upon for Cintas by Keating, Muething & Klekamp,
  Cincinnati, Ohio, of which Donald P. Klekamp, a Director of
  the Company, is a partner. Members of that firm beneficially
  own 162,567 shares of Cintas Common Stock.

                           MISCELLANEOUS

       No person is authorized to give any information or to
  make any representations other than those contained or
  incorporated by reference in this Prospectus and, if given or
  made, such information or representations must not be relied
  upon as having been authorized. This Prospectus does not
  constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to
  buy any securities other than the registered securities to
  which it relates or an offer to sell or a solicitation of an
  offer to buy such securities in any jurisdiction to any person
  to whom it is unlawful to make such offer or solicitation in
  such jurisdiction. Neither the delivery of this Prospectus nor
  any sale hereunder shall, under any circumstances, create any
  implication that there has been no change in the affairs of
  Cintas since the date hereof or that the information herein is
  correct as of any time subsequent to its date.